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The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. This fungus can cause a number of disorders in people with compromised immune function or other lung diseases. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/GettyImagesIn the 2023 American post-apocalyptic drama television series The Last of Us, humans are plunged towards extinction as a fungal infection of the brain zombie-fies most of the species. This may seem far-fetched but fungi can, and do, infect human brains. Fungi are present everywhere in our environment: in the

A reconstruction of the skull of Leti, the first _Homo naledi_ child whose remains were found in the Rising Star cave in Johannesburg © Wits UniversityIn 2015 a new member was introduced to the family tree of humans. Fossil hominins from the Rising Star cave system outside Johannesburg, South Africa, were found to belong to a previously unidentified hominin species, which was then named Homo naledi. Now an international team of researchers, led by Professor Lee Berger, a palaeoanthropologist fro